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ἐπιστολή G1992
G1992 is the Greek word ἐπιστολή, transliterated epistolḗ. The King James Version most often renders it epistle.
What it means
a written message.
Where it comes from
from G1989 (ἐπιστέλλω).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: "epistle," letter.
Verses using ἐπιστολή
All 22 verses, quoted in full.
Acts 9:2 · KJV
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Acts 22:5 · KJV
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Acts 23:25 · KJV
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
Acts 23:33 · KJV
Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
Romans 16:22 · KJV
I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 5:9 · KJV
I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
1 Corinthians 16:3 · KJV
And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 3:1 · KJV
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Corinthians 3:2 · KJV
Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
2 Corinthians 3:3 · KJV
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
2 Corinthians 7:8 · KJV
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
2 Corinthians 10:9 · KJV
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
2 Corinthians 10:10 · KJV
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
2 Corinthians 10:11 · KJV
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
Colossians 4:16 · KJV
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
1 Thessalonians 5:27 · KJV
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
2 Thessalonians 2:2 · KJV
That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians 2:15 · KJV
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2 Thessalonians 3:14 · KJV
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:17 · KJV
The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
2 Peter 3:1 · KJV
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter 3:16 · KJV
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Common questions
What does Strong's G1992 mean?
G1992 is the Greek word ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ), meaning a written message.
How is G1992 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it epistle (12 times), letters (6 times), letter (3 times), others epistles (1 time), epistles (1 time).
How many times does G1992 appear in the Bible?
ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G1992 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G1989 (ἐπιστέλλω).
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